# The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020, Regulation 16: Obligations of a scheme administrator

Extent: S

(1) The scheme administrator must act in accordance with its approved operational plan.
(2) The scheme administrator must submit an annual report to the Scottish Ministers and to SEPA for each relevant year.
(3) The annual report must set out how, and the extent to which, the scheme administrator has in the relevant year acted in accordance with its operational plan.
(4) The annual report must be submitted to the Scottish Ministers and to SEPA as soon as is reasonably practicable, and in any event within a period of 6 weeks beginning with the end of the relevant year to which it relates.
(5) The scheme administrator must meet the minimum collection targets specified in schedule 3 in respect of scheme packaging containing a scheme article first made available by registered producers to be marketed, offered for sale or sold for the purposes of its retail sale in Scotland.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/154/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-and-return-scheme-for-scotland-regulations-2020/regulation-16
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